Les 2 Fictional superheroes and their message

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Fictional superheroes and their deeper meaning

Program

• Warmer: Superhero vs. Villain
•  Clip time: What makes a hero?
• Group discussion: Superhero movies and their deeper meanings
• Writing: Your superhero/villain story
• Evaluation

Today's goals 

At the end of this lesson......

• you understand what makes a hero.
• you understand a short message that is given in a video.
• you can understand the deeper meaning of certain movies.
• you can discuss the deeper meanings of those movies.
• you have revised (herhaald) comparisons and the past simple.
• you can write a superhero/villain story by using the past simple. 

Warmer

• Looking back at your work.
• Missed a lot of comparisons ;(
• What were comparisons again? 
• Comparative - Superlative adjectives?
• quicker than --> quickest
• as quick as
• How about beautiful?

Superhero vs. Villain

• Let's look back at your heroes and villains.
• Who would win?
• Mister invisible (invisible, can read thoughts, can fly can teleport) VS The 7 armed Pholcidae (fast, strong, big, has 7 arms) Why?

Superhero vs. Superhero

• Who would win?
• Flying superwoman (can fly, super smart)  vs. The Haagse Hope (runs really fast, jumps really high, friendly & selfish)

Villain vs Villain

• Who would win?
  
• The Dark Soulstealer (can resurrect the dead, can create an army, can steal the souls of his opponents, can gain superpowers through eating souls) vs. Hayley Quinn (can control people's minds through the eyes)

00:57

What is the hero's journey?

03:21

What do you have in common with heroes?

What do you think about the video?

The hero's journey

01:28

Why do superheroes spark the imagination from people around the world?

02:40

Why does Stan Lee like superhero stories so much?

05:22

What do you think he means? What is his message?

“America is made of different races and different religions, but we’re all co-travellers on the spaceship Earth and must respect and help each other along the way.” - Stan Lee

What do you think Stan Lee means with this quote? (Antwoord mag in NL)

Superhero

• But what does a superhero symbolize? 
• = ''The superhero images represent the hope that someone can and will stand up to do the right thing, and that the human being has the potential to amaze. We can all share a sense of marvel.''
• What exactly is the meaning of marvel?
• = to show or experience great surprise or admiration

Superhero movies and their deeper meanings

''Not every hero wears a mask, some heroes save the day in the simplest ways, by just being there for us, or letting us know we are believed in.'' - Barry Allen (Flash)

• What do you think I mean with deeper meanings?
• Representation is important. We want to look up to certain people. Everyone looks and is different. So to see different kinds of people in superhero movies is important. Because we see people that look like us, people we can look up to and have as role models. 

Past simple

What was the past simple again?

= verleden tijd

How do you make the past simple?

hele ww + -ed

examples: I worked till 8 pm yesterday.

Dus The Past Simple

Bij regelmatige ww

altijd het hele WW + ed

Je gebruikt de Past Simple als je zeker 

weet dat iets in het verleden gebeurd is

en nu afgelopen is.

 & Bij vragen en ontkenningen

Bij alle werkwoorden hetzelfde:

Vragen: Did + onderwerp + hele werkwoord

Ontkenningen: Onderwerp + didn't + hele werkwoord

My hero/villain and their story

• Creative writing assignment
• You have created a new hero/villain for your assignment of this week.
• Now you are going to write a story about them.
• Come up with a  thrilling and intriguing story that involves your superhero and try to give the story a deeper meaning. (use emotions, etc.) --> what happened to them for them to become a hero/villain?
• BUT: USE THE PAST SIMPLE as much as you can!
• Google Classroom
• Homework: Wednesday 02-06-2021 (next wednesday)

But first... a preparation exercise

In Google Classroom I prepared 2 different preparation exercises before you're going to write your hero/villain's story.

Choose ONE that suits you the most.

Do the preparation exercise and have fun writing!

Be creative ~

Today's goals 

• You understand what makes a hero.
• You understand a short video
• You can understand the deeper meaning of certain movies.
• You can discuss the deeper meanings of those movies.
• You have revised (herhaald) comparisons and the past simple.
• You can write a superhero/villain story by using the past simple. 

Evaluation

• Do you think you understand how important representation is? How important are superhero movies or movies in general?
•  Past simple is????
• What did you think of this lesson?
  
• Fill in the questionnaire: Google Classroom : Les 2 Fictional Superheroes and their deeper meanings
• Homework 02-06-2021: Writing assignment: My hero/villain and their story